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WRITE, PUBLISH, AND SELL YOUR BOOKby our Experts

December 07, 2008 by Doug Danielson - read bio
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WRITE, PUBLISH, AND SELL YOUR BOOK WHILE CRUISING MEXICO PART ONE by Doug Danielson   Early this year (2008) my good friend and fellow writer, David Lyons, (author of Mexico’s Hidden Gold and Riding Guts ‘n’ Glory) was responsible for heading up the Puerto Vallarta Writers Conference. The keynote speaker was Dan Poynter and the subject was “Self Publishing.”   Those of us who were serious about getting published came away from the conference with...

WRITING NON-FICTION FOR MONEYby our Experts

October 28, 2008 by Doug Danielson - read bio
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WRITING NON-FICTION FOR MONEY by Doug Danielson   I know several writers who live in Mexico and make a reasonable amount of money by “freelancing,” interviewing people with a special story to tell or who have first-hand knowledge about an unusual topic. To do this you will need to do a little research ahead of time before you take off cruising with only your computer and a wireless modem. So, here is some unsolicited advice to the new writers in the fleet. It’s the sa...

Finding What & Where to Writeby our Experts

October 22, 2008 by Doug Danielson - read bio
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FINDING WHAT & WHERE TO WRITE by Doug Danielson               As boaters, we are often portrayed to be living a free and easy lifestyle that is 180-degrees opposite to what may be experienced by the average nine-to-five commuters stuck in traffic on the freeway. We can go anywhere we like, do what ever we want; we are as unfettered as the breeze we sail in. To some extent this is true and, more importantly for us boating writer...

WRITE ABOUT YOUR BOATINGby our Experts

June 28, 2008 by Doug Danielson - read bio
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  WRITE ABOUT YOUR BOATING Have you ever thought of turning your boating adventures into a Published Book or writing an Article for a boating magazine? Here are some thoughts. by Doug Danielson When BOATMEXICO first asked me to head up this Loft, I didn’t have a clue about where to go with this thing—how to make it interesting and address boaters’ questions about how they might get into the writing game? Yes it is a “game” and you should approach it...

LEARN TO SELF CRITIQUEby our Experts

June 28, 2008 by Doug Danielson - read bio
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LEARN TO SELF CRITIQUE by Doug Danielson Last month I suggested that aspiring fiction writers can and should learn from other successful authors. I think it helps to read the works of good authors, particularly in the genre you want to write. I also think it is a good exercise to write a short story or describe a scene or portray action “the way another author would have done it” —someone whose work you really enjoy. This isn’t plagiarizing, because you own the word...

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